Ebook: Women at Risk: Issues in the Primary Prevention of AIDS
Author: Ann O’Leary Loretta Sweet Jemmott (auth.) Ann O’Leary Ph.D. Loretta Sweet Jemmott R.N. Ph.D (eds.)
- Tags: Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Health Psychology, Social Sciences general
- Series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death among women of childbearing age and is increasing by about 8% a year in this group. * And yet, our understanding of the impact of HIV and AIDS on women's lives remains fragmented and incomplete. After a decade of struggling with mounting surveys of risk behavior, clinical trials, and behavioral interventions that were based primarily on experience with gay communities in large cities and, subsequently, on the needs of injection drug users, we have not given programs for women the attention they require if they are to be meaningful, effective, and gender appropriate. This book will introduce the reader to the range of complex issues of HIV and AIDS in women's lives. Ann O'Leary and Loretta Sweet Jemmott have assembled an impres sive list of authors who have contributed chapters from different disciplinary viewpoints. The reader will find information on prevention programs that have been effective for adolescent girls, on culturally specific strategies for African American and Latina women, and on the multiple issues of sub stance use and HIV that need to be faced by any outreach and intervention programs for drug-using women.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
General Issues in the Prevention of AIDS in Women....Pages 1-12
Interactions among HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Socioeconomic Status, and Poverty in Women....Pages 13-41
Women-Centered Prevention Techniques and Technologies....Pages 43-82
Childhood Sexual Abuse and AIDS....Pages 83-101
Preventing AIDS in Female Adolescents....Pages 103-129
African American Women and HIV-Risk-Reduction Issues....Pages 131-157
Latinas and AIDS....Pages 159-174
Drug-Using Women and HIV....Pages 175-193
Female Sex Workers....Pages 195-218
Women and AIDS in Developing Countries....Pages 219-236
Lesbian Women and HIV/AIDS....Pages 237-256
Future Directions....Pages 257-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-278
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
General Issues in the Prevention of AIDS in Women....Pages 1-12
Interactions among HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Socioeconomic Status, and Poverty in Women....Pages 13-41
Women-Centered Prevention Techniques and Technologies....Pages 43-82
Childhood Sexual Abuse and AIDS....Pages 83-101
Preventing AIDS in Female Adolescents....Pages 103-129
African American Women and HIV-Risk-Reduction Issues....Pages 131-157
Latinas and AIDS....Pages 159-174
Drug-Using Women and HIV....Pages 175-193
Female Sex Workers....Pages 195-218
Women and AIDS in Developing Countries....Pages 219-236
Lesbian Women and HIV/AIDS....Pages 237-256
Future Directions....Pages 257-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-278
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